United Airlines reveals 10 new routes, including two new destinations

United Express tails line a terminal pier at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in April 2016.(Photo: Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special for USA TODAY)

United Airlines is adding 10 new routes from five of its hub airports, including flights to two cities it does not currently serve: Elmira, N.Y., and Wilmington, N.C.

The new service comes as United looks to solidify its network by increasing connecting opportunities at its hub airports. (Scroll down for full schedule details)

As part of that, United said it is adjusting the times of its arriving and departing “banks” of flights at Chicago O’Hare. United, which has already implemented a similar change at its Houston hub, said the change will both shorten customers’ connection times and increase the number of connecting flights in its schedule.

As for the new service, three of United's new routes will come from O'Hare. Twice-daily flights to Wilmington and El Paso begin April 9 while a seasonal once-daily route to Fresno begins June 7.

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Special menus and gift bags await passengers aboard the last United Airlines Boeing 747 passenger flight on Nov. 7, 2017. The airline is retiring the jets after 47 years.
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United Airlines' last Boeing 747 takes off over San Francisco on its last passenger flight on November 7, 2017. It is the last passenger flight the jet will ever make for the airline after 47 years of service.
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“I had to be here,” said passenger John Vanderford, shown here on the right, as he partied with other Flight 747 customers prior to boarding. “It’s the last 747 flight. I remember flying it as a kid, on this exact route — San Francisco to Honolulu."
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A decidedly retro look for one passenger aboard the last United Airlines Boeing 747 flight on Nov. 7, 2017. The airline went with a special 1970s theme for the final flight, which ended 47 years of 747 service.
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United Airlines flight attendants Thu-ha Nguyen, left, and Jamie Chin take a selfie before boarding United Airlines' last Boeing 747 flight on Nov. 7, 2017, in San Francisco.
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United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz poses for portraits aboard the carrier's last Boeing 747 flight on Nov. 7, 2017 in San Francisco. The airline is retiring the iconic jet after 47 years.
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Passengers Dominic and Monica Fabian of San Francisco pose in front of a banner sending off the United Airlines Boeing 747 at San Francisco International Airport on Nov. 7, 2017.
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A passenger holds a special plaque commemorating several other first and last flights he's done over the years before boarding United AIrlines' last Boeing 747 flight on Nov. 7, 2017.
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United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz poses for portraits aboard the carrier's last Boeing 747 flight on Nov. 7, 2017 in San Francisco. The airline is retiring the iconic jet after 47 years.
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Mechanic Ron Lostica, a 31-year United Airlines veteran, poses for a photo aboard the last United Airlines Boeing 747 before its final passenger flight on Nov. 7, 2017.
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A water dispenser, relic of an earlier time, waits for a thirsty passenger in the sidewall of the economy cabin aboard the last United Airlines Boeing 747 flight on Nov. 7, 2017.
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Captains David Smith, left, and Tom Spratt, right, finish preflight departure checks on the last United Airlines Boeing 747 flight on November 7, 2017 in San Francisco.
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A passenger board the last United Airlines Boeing 747 flight on November 7, 2017 in San Francisco. The flight was the last after 47 years of 747 service with United.
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United Airlines employees line up for a goodbye photo as the last company Boeing 747 taxis out for its final passenger flight on November 7, 2017 in San Francisco.
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United Airlines' last Boeing 747 takes off over San Francisco on its last passenger flight on November 7, 2017. It is the last passenger flight the jet will ever make for the airline after 47 years of service.
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United Airlines' last Boeing 747 takes off over San Francisco on its last passenger flight on November 7, 2017. It is the last passenger flight the jet will ever make for the airline after 47 years of service.
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Crew members serve meals to passengers aboard the last United Airlines Boeing 747 flight on Nov. 7, 2017. The airline is retiring the jet after 47 years of service.
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United Airlines' last Boeing 747 takes off over San Francisco on its last passenger flight on November 7, 2017. It is the last passenger flight the jet will ever make for the airline after 47 years of service.
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United Airlines' last Boeing 747 takes off over San Francisco on its last passenger flight on November 7, 2017. It is the last passenger flight the jet will ever make for the airline after 47 years of service.
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United Airlines' last Boeing 747 takes off over San Francisco on its last passenger flight on November 7, 2017. It is the last passenger flight the jet will ever make for the airline after 47 years of service.
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Crew members serve drinks to passengers aboard the last United Airlines Boeing 747 flight on November 7, 2017. The airline is retiring the jet after 47 years of service.
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Crew members serve drinks to passengers aboard the last United Airlines Boeing 747 flight on November 7, 2017. The airline is retiring the jet after 47 years of service.
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70s themed movies play on the TV screen during the last United Airlines Boeing 747 passenger flight on November 7, 2017. The airline recreated the first flight from the 1970s.
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Crew members serve meals to passengers aboard the last United Airlines Boeing 747 flight on Nov. 7, 2017. The airline is retiring the jet after 47 years of service.
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Crew members serve meals to passengers aboard the last United Airlines Boeing 747 flight on Nov. 7, 2017. The airline is retiring the jet after 47 years of service.
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Crew members serve meals to passengers aboard the last United Airlines Boeing 747 flight on November 7, 2017. The airline is retiring the jet after 47 years of service.
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Crew members serve meals to passengers aboard the last United Airlines Boeing 747 flight on Nov. 7, 2017. The airline is retiring the jet after 47 years of service.
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Crew members serve meals to passengers aboard the last United Airlines Boeing 747 flight on November 7, 2017. The airline is retiring the jet after 47 years of service.
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Taking the 1970s theme of United Airlines' last Boeing 747 quite seriously, a passenger dressed in a lime green leisure suit 'lights a smoke' aboard the last Boeing 747 flight for the jet on November 7, 2017.
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United Airlines employees brave a heavy rainstorm in Honolulu to great the arrival of the last company Boeing 747 flight after arriving in Honolulu on November 7, 2017.
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A lei made of old trash bags, custom-made by United employees, lies atop the last passenger Boeing 747 for United Airiines in Honolulu after completing its final passenger flight on November 7, 2017.
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A lei made of old trash bags, custom-made by United employees, lies atop the last passenger Boeing 747 for United Airiines in Honolulu after completing its final passenger flight on Nov. 7, 2017.
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A lei made of old trash bags, custom-made by United employees, lies atop the last passenger Boeing 747 for United Airlines in Honolulu after completing its final passenger flight on November 7, 2017.
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Passengers deboard the final United Airlines Boeing 747 flight after arriving in Honolulu on November 7, 2017. The flight ended 47 years of service for the carrier.
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A lei made of old trash bags, custom-made by United employees, lies atop the last passenger Boeing 747 for United Airlines in Honolulu after completing its final passenger flight on Nov. 7, 2017.
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A lei made of old trash bags, custom-made by United employees, lies atop the last passenger Boeing 747 for United Airlines in Honolulu after completing its final passenger flight on Nov. 7, 2017.
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A lei made of old trash bags, custom-made by United employees, lies atop the last passenger Boeing 747 for United Airlines in Honolulu after completing its final passenger flight on November 7, 2017.
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United is adding four routes from its hub in Los Angeles. Two of those will be year-round, with twice-daily service to the Oregon cities of Medford and Redmond starting April 9. To the Montana cities of Kalispell and Missoula, a seasonal schedule featuring one daily round-trip flight begins June 7.

Elsewhere, United will add two daily round-trip flights between Newark Liberty and Elmira; two daily round-trip flights between Washington Dulles and Wilmington; and one daily round-trip flight between Denver and Jacksonville, Fla. All of those routes launch April 9.

"We continue to focus on making United the first choice for customers when planning their domestic and international travel," Grant Whitney, United's VP of Domestic Network Planning, said in a statement. "Our new daily services connect customers to important business markets and our new seasonal summer routes provide more customers with convenient access to enjoy our National Parks."

Chicago's skyline is seen as a United Airlines jet takes off from Chicago O'Hare on Sept. 19, 2014. In the distance is the Willis (Sears) Tower that's home to United's official headquarters.
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For the two cities that will be joining United’s route map, officials welcomed the news.

“We’re ecstatic,” Wilmington International Airport deputy director Gary Broughton said to the Wilmington Star News about landing flights to both Chicago and Washington on United. “For years we’ve been trying to get another airline in here and now to get nonstop service to two destinations is just fantastic.”

“Newark is a terrific hub with many places to go,” Tom Santulli, the top executive of the local Chemung County, said to The Steuben Courier Advocate newspaper of western New York. “It really is a great upgrade.”

United’s exit from the Elmira Corning airport in 2016 was compounded locally when another airline – American – followed shortly thereafter with its own plan to leave. When American discontinued its Elmira flights earlier this year, that left the airport with just two carriers: Delta and Allegiant.

“We promised the community this when we lost American, and when we lost Philadelphia, that we were going to come with another hub, and I believe that the hub we have now with Newark is about as good as it gets," Santulli added to the Courier Advocate.

Scroll down for complete schedule details about all 10 of United's new routes:

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